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A Case of Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma Misdiagnosed as Adenocarcinoma

Primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) is rare, with a more favorable prognosis compared with that of other types of non-small cell lung cancers. Herein, we describe an interesting case of primary pulmonary LELC confirmed postoperatively, which had been initially diagnosed as poor...

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Autores principales: Jeong, Jae Seok, Kim, So Ri, Park, Seung Yong, Chung, Myoung Ja, Lee, Yong Chul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24265647
http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.75.4.170
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author Jeong, Jae Seok
Kim, So Ri
Park, Seung Yong
Chung, Myoung Ja
Lee, Yong Chul
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description Primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) is rare, with a more favorable prognosis compared with that of other types of non-small cell lung cancers. Herein, we describe an interesting case of primary pulmonary LELC confirmed postoperatively, which had been initially diagnosed as poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. We suggest that despite the rarity of pulmonary LELC, it should be included as one of the differential diagnoses for lung malignancies. Physicians should consider taking a larger biopsy, especially when histologic examination shows undifferentiated nature.
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spelling pubmed-38339392013-11-21 A Case of Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma Misdiagnosed as Adenocarcinoma Jeong, Jae Seok Kim, So Ri Park, Seung Yong Chung, Myoung Ja Lee, Yong Chul Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) Case Report Primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) is rare, with a more favorable prognosis compared with that of other types of non-small cell lung cancers. Herein, we describe an interesting case of primary pulmonary LELC confirmed postoperatively, which had been initially diagnosed as poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma. We suggest that despite the rarity of pulmonary LELC, it should be included as one of the differential diagnoses for lung malignancies. Physicians should consider taking a larger biopsy, especially when histologic examination shows undifferentiated nature. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2013-10 2013-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3833939/ /pubmed/24265647 http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.75.4.170 Text en Copyright©2013. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ It is identical to the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/)
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Park, Seung Yong
Chung, Myoung Ja
Lee, Yong Chul
A Case of Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma Misdiagnosed as Adenocarcinoma
title A Case of Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma Misdiagnosed as Adenocarcinoma
title_full A Case of Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma Misdiagnosed as Adenocarcinoma
title_fullStr A Case of Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma Misdiagnosed as Adenocarcinoma
title_full_unstemmed A Case of Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma Misdiagnosed as Adenocarcinoma
title_short A Case of Primary Pulmonary Lymphoepithelioma-like Carcinoma Misdiagnosed as Adenocarcinoma
title_sort case of primary pulmonary lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma misdiagnosed as adenocarcinoma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3833939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24265647
http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.75.4.170
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